Transporting the 300 millionth ton of ore in the Udachny open-pit mine. City of Udachny, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 2005.

UNIT RIG dump truck in the Yubileyny open-pit mine

Engine repair in the transport depot’s workshop at the Mirny MPE.

Modern technology – size and details.

Veterans of the Mirny transport depot. On the left is Nikolai Chirkov, the longtime head of the transport depot, honored mine transportation manager.

The first drivers of open-pit mine trucks at the Yakutalmaz trust. Village of Mirny, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 1962.

The fleet of 42 to 45-ton haul trucks is composed of the makes produced by the Belarusian Automobile Plant and consists of 93 vehicles:

45 trucks in the Aikhal Mining and Processing Division;

41 trucks in the Mirny Mining and Processing Division.

7 trucks in the Nyurba and Udachny Mining and Processing Divisions.

Mine trucks used in the Udachny Mining and Processing Division are of a dump type too. There are forty Caterpillar САТ-785В dump trucks with a load capacity of 136 tons.

In the Jubilee open-pit mine of the Aikhal Mining and Processing Division the following makes of dump trucks are in operation:

BelAZ-75125 with load capacity of 120 tons — 4 trucks;

BelAZ-75131 with load capacity of 136 tons — 10 trucks;

BelAZ-75137 with load capacity of 136 tons — 2 trucks;

Haulpak D-510E with load capacity of 136 tons — 12 trucks;

Unit Rig MT3300 with a load capacity of 136 tons — 26 trucks.

In the Nyurba Mining and Processing Division they use Caterpillar CATs-777 of D and F series with a load capacity of 91 tons — 24 dump trucks.

In the Mirny Mining and processing division two Volvo A40E articulated dump trucks are used for placer mining.

The exploitation of mine trucks in kimberlite open-pit mines of Yakutia is carried out under particularly difficult mining and technical conditions, which leads to a material increase in the cost of mining.

At the open-pit mines of the Aikhal and Nyurba Mining and Processing Divisions automated mine vehicle fleet management systems (MMS) are in operation.

An MMS has the following main functions:

An MMS delivers a real-time view of the equipment operation and position.

An MMS allows for optimized dispatching of the excavator and truck fleets.